One Year Left to Play

He felt that he didn’t handle things well during last night’s argument, allowing Zhang Hao to gain the upper hand and not seizing the comeback opportunity, leading to a series of defeats.

If given another chance, he would never let Zhang Hao take the intellectual high ground!

The four of them arrived at the training hall’s meeting room not long before Zhang Hao and Del Harris walked in together.

The four people’s attention focused on the two of them. Del Harris had repeatedly asked Zhang Hao at noon if he was joking or if he had a genuine solution but found that Zhang Hao seemed determined, so stubbornly that Harris was at a loss. Now, it’s up to Zhang Hao.

Without needing Del Harris to say anything, the four teammates knew the purpose of this meeting. After Del Harris sat down, all eyes turned to Zhang Hao.

O’Neal was ready to nitpick, no matter what Zhang Hao said about how he should play; even if it was good, even if he really played that way later, at this moment, he must reclaim his position!

O’Neal recognized Zhang Hao’s intelligence and basketball acumen. He even believed that Zhang Hao might have found a better way to integrate him, but he must win in an argument!

Sticking to his usual habit, Zhang Hao jumped straight in without any unnecessary preamble: "Mr. O’Neal, after you came back, we’ve tried multiple times with our attempted tactics, and the results haven’t been good. We really should’ve spotted this issue in the preseason; we aren’t suited for regular plays. So recently, I’ve been analyzing and thinking deeply and came up with a plan I believe is very effective..."

Everyone focused their attention, regardless of their mindset; solving the problem and getting back on track was key.

O’Neal was also very attentive, listening intently to catch every word Zhang Hao said in an attempt to find something to counter... no, to find the flaws and open a new battleground, ensuring he had the upper hand!

"Mr. O’Neal, I think in the regular season you should take it easy more often."

"I... what did you say?"

Once Zhang Hao finished his first sentence, O’Neal found words he could attack but was quite stifled when stringing those few words together into a sentence!

What kind of tactic is this?

Del Harris glanced outside the window—"You’re on your own, kid. I’m done here!"

Kenny Anderson widened his eyes, really surprised that Zhang Hao would start off with a statement like that.

Barkley’s eyes lit up—This is the treatment I want! If O’Neal gets it, at my age, shouldn’t I be treated the same?

Magician was momentarily stunned, hearing O’Neal being rendered speechless and couldn’t help but chuckle.

"I mean, Mr. O’Neal, in the regular season, you should rest more often. Don’t always rely on yourself to win games. There are few centers worth you taking seriously, or needing your all-out efforts to deal with. I can count them on one hand."

This statement sparked surprise, amazement, and unexpected reactions among the five others present...

Del Harris quickly turned his head like a dumb deer—"Kid! You didn’t say this to me just now! Although the meaning is the same, the way you’re speaking isn’t! If you had said this way in the morning, I’d be standing there giving the speech myself!"

Although Del Harris didn’t think Zhang Hao’s method of utilizing O’Neal was good, he thought it wouldn’t hurt to try, but with Zhang Hao speaking this way, it seemed like he wanted to vie for control of the ball.

Yet Zhang Hao used different ways to describe the same thing; the meaning was the same, but the feeling of hearing it was completely different, wasn’t it?

What word choice and sentence structure! No wonder he’s a sophomore student who aces every exam!

The Magician saw O’Neal’s dumbfounded expression and felt a sense of relief.

Our Big Fatty can’t play gentleman.

Those in suits are never good people.

O’Neal, dissecting every word of Zhang Hao’s sentence and piecing them back together, felt it conveyed—O’Neal, you’re awesome.

How does one argue against this?

Do you have to deny being great?

O’Neal’s mind was momentarily stumped...

The effect was great, Zhang Hao continued: "Taking it easy doesn’t mean not playing seriously. Instead, Mr. O’Neal, you need to get used to playing with better teammates and that superior team spirit.

Against teams with strong centers, we need you every game. During the playoffs, when individual play is required to open up the game, we always need you.

But in the regular season, you can easily start off a game by posing threats. I even think you don’t have to do anything; just stepping onto the court is a threat, reserving energy for one-on-one plays when needed.

At other times, you can completely play like Mr. Barkley, let others take the lead, while you provide necessary support for your teammates, like defending the rim, grabbing offensive rebounds when others miss, crashing the opposition during fast breaks, which is quite simple for you.

Mr. O’Neal, like Mr. Barkley, has outstanding talent with top-tier weight for your position, but also possesses such athletic ability and endurance.

Yet the immense weight brings significant drain. Our goal isn’t just to struggle for one championship and be satisfied. You can do the simplest things in ordinary games, and when we can’t solve problems, then you step up and lead like Superman."

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